Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-20
General State News.

GONE TO CROMWELL.
 Druggist C. H. Lillie of Great Harrington, Mass, who has been troubled with brain s difficulty has at Cromwell, Ct., for treatment.
 NIANTIC.
 Oscar F. Hewitt will deliver the address at Man more general Observance than usual Of the custom of decorating soldiers graves are being made.
 FUNERAL IN LITCHFIELp
 Miss Nancy Morse widow of the late Colonel Isaac Morse of Litchfeld, died in Thomaston May 1S aged eighty-two years. Her funeral was attend
 PENSIONS.
 Pensions were granted on Wednesday to Barney Jennings, original, Bridgeport; Henry B. Dudley, original, Guilford; Samuel D. Billings, orlglnal, Norwich; and Michael McMahon, increase, Sandy Hook.
 IN sToN1NGToN.
 The event of Wednesday the Gardner-Faxon church, the Rev. MT. Hill officiating. The bride was Miss Maria Faxon, for many years the church
 HE WAS AN ENGLISH DEsERTER.
 Alexander Bloomfield, the man who tried to kill Warren s. Frost at Waterbury recently, and did while soldier in the English army. He deserted at once and subsequently, entered the Union army
 RECAPTURED JAIL BIRDs William Coy of New Milford, prisoners, escaped from the jail yard. They were recaptured by MT. Truman Catlln ana are now % III aga. .again "ifh every not tried to run away.
 FROM A RATS BITE.
 Miss Elvira Delaney, who arrived at New London Porto Rico is lying the point of death in the Cot tage hospital her illness being caused by the bite of thought the rat had eaten poisoned food.
 BRIDGEPORT ENTERPRISE.
 The Danbury News praises the business enter to locate there and says: ''The union of the busi ness of Bridgeport to the tune of shows This is the proper way to do. Such a course will bring industries. and the consequent prosperity, to
 PROBABLY FROM MULTIPLICATION.
 Miss Della Hubbell of Greenfield Hill near Bridge port, was knocked down Tuesday by neighbor s cousin, a young girl rushed to her assistance and managed to tie her sunb bonnet over the rams head. from injuries resulting from his contortions to re- move the bonnet, the ram died. ACCIDENT SUICIDE. an express train passing the station at Mford og Wednesday, He had been sitting the station u m against the train The tender struck % him, causing and nothing on his body served to identify him. THE HOME MISSIONARY UNION. The second annual meeting Of the Woman's Con gregational Home Missionary union was held in the Francis B Cooley presided. The report of the sec and Sance on Mes Rmy F Beekwith spoke of missionary work in New MeXlcO DefOre lunch ana a1CerWardS the Rev. Il. A shauffer spoke of Bohemian work of the American Home Missionary society and the Rev. James Pc well on the work among the colored people at the South The election of officers resulted as follows Presdent-Mrs. F. B. Cooley. Vice presidents-Mrs George Leon Walker, Mrs | Henry Gay, Mrs. Erastus Hubbard Registrar-Mrs S. M. Hotchkiss. | Executive committee-MiSs L. A. Brainard, Hart ford; Mrs. E. c. Hinckley, Norwich; Mrs. L. A. Bar | bour, Bridgeport; Mrs. Thomas M. Durfee Rock vile; Mrs. Francis Williams, Chaplin; Mrs p. A AckleY, East Hartford; Mrs. P. M. Comstock, Hart | ford; Miss E. R. Camp, Hartford; Mrs. George W \ Moore Hartford; Mrs. Luman Cowles, New Ha | ven; Mrs. W. Fl. Moore, Hartford. THE NoMINAToRs HORSES FOR THE 5000 STAKE. The secretary of the Charter Oak Driving Parl | association, MT. T. O. King, Wednesday opened the nominations for the $10, ,0O0 stake at Char ter Oak Park next September Eight Of the nin entries had been received Tuesday evening, but MT King had reason to expect more entry and de | clined to furnish the names of nominarors A no ticeable thing about the names furnished is tha ! many of them are of comparatively unknown men ! It is true that many horSemen hate to give thei I names for big race so early in the season | makes their business poor through the season everybody expecting the nomnator of horse fo the big purse to do great things the track earlie in the season. This leads to the making of entries | known of the horses from the names of the nomi | nators. The list of nominators is as follows: | George A. Singerly, Philadelphia. l II. c. Woodnut, Mineola, L. I. l George T. Coggswen Chicago, Ill. ! ". H. Mccarthy, Lexington, Ky. 1 NJ. V. Wagner, Marshall Mich. | Andrew Kaul St. Marys Fla | J. B. Lewis Louisville, Ky. ! W. c. Trimble, New York. | Frederick Wilets, New York.